Description
Four Field Marshals of the Daoist pantheon dressed in military garb are, from right to left, Tian 田元帥, Peng 彭元帥, Tao Yuanxin 陶元信, and Zhang Xiansheng 張賢聖. Hehe Grand Guardian 和合太保 and Heavenly Lord Xie Shirong 謝仕榮 in the upper row are each more simply dressed in a cap and robe tied at the waist.
Provenance
Wang Hui 王翬 [1632–1717]; Li Jiale 李嘉樂 [jinshi of 1863]; Zhu Hang 朱沆 [active 19th century]; Dr. F. R. (Fredrik Robert) Martin [1868–1933], Stockholm, Sweden, and Munich, Germany (1910–?); Mrs. L. M. Morris [20th century], England (?–1947); (Sotheby's, London, sale, 25 March 1947, lot 118, sold to Stephen Junkunc III) (March 25, 1947); István “Stephen" Junkunc III [1904–1978], by descent to his son Stephen Junkunc IV (1947–78); (Stephen Junkunc IV [b. 1937], Miami, FL, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) (1978–2004); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (2004–)
Accession Number
2004.1.15
Medium
Album, ink on paper
Dimensions
Painting: 34.1 x 38.3 cm (13 7/16 x 15 1/16 in.)
Classification
Painting
Credit Line
John L. Severance Fund in honor of Dr. Ju-hsi Chou and Gift of various donors to the department of Asian Art (by exchange)
